Six journalists explored “The Future of Science Journalism” during a panel at the Cambridge Science Festival at the MIT Museum.
Panelists included Jill Abramson, managing editor of The New York Times; Philip Hilts, director of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships; Cristine Russell, a freelance journalist and senior fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Andrew Revkin, reporter and blogger for The New York Times; Ivan Oransky, managing editor for online at Scientific American and AHCJ board member; and Evan Hadingham, senior science editor for NOVA.
Abramson predicts future journalism may not be on paper but that “journalism will continue to thrive” based on her belief that “there is a human want and need for trustworthy information about the world we live in, information that is tested, investigated, checked again, analyzed and presented in a cogent form.”
Oransky cites Twitter as a way of getting a new generation back into science and discusses the value of engaging with your audience.
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